The Air Force's next solicitation for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle services will likely be for an experimental Space Test Program mission to launch a satellite capable of detecting nuclear detonations. The STP-6 mission is outlined in an Aug. 19 draft request for proposals, which lays out the plan to compete the launch between SpaceX and incumbent provider United Launch Alliance. The satellite would likely launch in the 2018 time frame and would also carry a NASA payload. The STP program...
